Richard Robert Segall III (born March 10, 1969) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for playing the singer Ricky Stevens in the American

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television series ''

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''.

Personal life, family and education

Segall was born in

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, the son of Rick and Barbara Segall. He and his family moved to

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in 1973.

Career

Segall began performing at age two. He first acted at age five in a

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toys television commercial. In 1973, he joined the television series ''

'' as a regular cast member for its final season. Segall won the role after being spotted by Paul Tannen, who mentioned him to executive producer

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. Segall appeared in ten episodes of ''The Partridge Family''. In 1973, while with the show Segall recorded an album titled ''Ricky Segall and the Segalls'' released by

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. In 1974, he was one of the hosts at the American Music Awards of 1974 along with

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and Rodney Allen Rippy. Segall has guest-starred and provided voices in television programs including '' Police Woman'', '' Trollkins'' (voices), ''

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'' (voices), '' Richie Rich'' (voices) and ''

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''. Segall appeared in the films ''

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'' and ''

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'', among others. He was an

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for the 2015 film ''Selected''. His most recent credit was from the

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television series ''

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''.

References

External links

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